In Franklin Lakes, People Tend to Stay Awhile

There’s no downtown, but it feels like the countryside

By

Melanie Lefkowitz

Updated May 15, 2015 9:29 pm ET

When new residents move into the New Jersey borough of Franklin Lakes, they tend to settle in for the long term.

“I came here from the city and started a family, and it kind of starts and ends there,” said Frank Bivona, the Bergen County borough’s mayor, who has lived in Franklin Lakes for 22 years. “What I was impressed the most about is the second-, third-generation people who grew up here and decided to stay and raise their own families.”